giveaway winner and shy's inner arabian

. . . and the winner is Liz from In Omnia Paratus! Congrats! This time I used random.org to pick the winner since I stayed home sick from work. Enjoy the fleece cooler! Thank you again to Horze.com for letting me host another giveaway! They are a ton of fun to do.

What are Shyloh and the minions looking at?

Whatever it is, it has caused them to run up. . .

and down. . .

the back end of the pasture. And only the back end. Never near the actual source of the excitement.

Whatever it is, it has Shy's nostrils flared and her tail carried high (for her). 

What could it be that has channeled Shy's inner Arabian?

Why. . .

It's just Gunny getting hooked to the cart for the first time!

He did very good in the round pen. Did I ever mention that this is a draft sized round pen? It is pretty huge for Shy and the minions. A short and sweet lesson was had. Until the decision was made to drive Gunny back to the barn. Then disaster was had. . .Gunny made the decision to fully gallop to the back fields. It was not pretty, but he was calmed down and was brought back to the round pen for another lesson. We must end on a good note. And he did. 

I am pretty sure Shy was sending Gunny telepathic messages to be bad, hence the staring and running. She was probably thinking. . .not another equine being trained to drive, oh bother! Or not, but either way, it was less than exciting the whole time Shy and the minions were worked up. Usually she does not care for that length of time about what goes on around her. Searching for food is her main goal in life. It was funny to watch her though!

can't you smell that smell?

These past few days have been hotter than hot and I have't been to the barn because of class. I finally made it out today, but it was way to hot to do anything fun. I feel like such a boring horse owner. 

Reba and Clutch were the only sane horses that stayed around to be sprayed with the hose, the others ran away. Reba even played in the water trough!

I am trying a new fly spray concoction on Shyloh. And it smells awful. It is the Skin So Soft and white vinegar mix. So far, I have been unable to determine if it works any better than any of the store fly sprays, which don't really work all that well. All I know for sure is that it smells nasty. 

The smell of it surrounds her

Jaime got a hinny at the barn. A hinny is the opposite of a mule, it is the result of a male horse and a female donkey. I guess mules are made from the other way around. He is super cute. 

Gunny!

He is super cute with a soft eye. And I personally think he is part zebra.

He has zebra stripes on his legs.

Shy seems to like Gunny. They hung out together when me and Jaime were grooming them. 

He can make quite the noise, too!

Then we noticed that the horseflies were bugging him. So she got out her fly spray. And Gunny was not a happy hinny!

Up, down, and all around! He was not a fan of the spray.

After, he tried to roll it off of him. Hilarious! He rolls, then digs his head in the ground and scoots it forward. He is going to be a lot of fun!

Step one, lay down. . .

Step two, slide forward!

And even after multiple hand washings and a change of clothes, I still smell that pungent mix of fly spray. Ugh.